sarahjanejudson's review against another edition
5.0
This was the best book yet....but I have a feeling the next will be even better!!!
sabregirl's review against another edition
5.0
HOLY SHIT! That plot twist at the end, that was fucking, I can't beleive that! I really didn't see that coming. Which is a good thing coming from a book. Most of the ones I've been reading have been fairly predictable and this one just threw you the left curve and I'm like BUT BUT BUT I NEED THE NEXT BOOK! It needs to happen like now, I need to know what's going to happen!
This book delved more into the Greek Myths (as well as a few others but Greek is the one it takes from the most) and I really liked that. I love books that have little hints toward Myths and you try to figure out how this is going to be involved in the story. This one just kept going the opposite way and I really liked that. I didn't know what was going to happen.
Nikki just wants to get the love of her life Jack, back from the Tunnels. The only way she can do that? Is getting the Everling who is in love with her, Cole, to help her reach the Tunnels. The problem? No one is ever known to actually have made it it to the Tunnels and lived to tell the tale. But Cole helps her through it all, through the three rings that make up the middle of the Everneath and into the Tunnels. There are trials and and things going on on the Surface that Nikki had to learn to balance without breaking relationships with her Father.
Cole, oh man, I admit things got to me. He was really sweet, loving and endearing, showing how much he really loved Nikki going through all of this. I was kinda going toward team Cole for a little while but through the flashbacks of Nikki and Jack it proves that their relationship is there to last.
I have NO idea where this book is going to go. There are so many unanswered things from the last thirty pages of the book! Why are people so different, what is going to happen after the HUGE twist at the end, who will get the happy ending? Can it be when ever the next book comes out now?
This book delved more into the Greek Myths (as well as a few others but Greek is the one it takes from the most) and I really liked that. I love books that have little hints toward Myths and you try to figure out how this is going to be involved in the story. This one just kept going the opposite way and I really liked that. I didn't know what was going to happen.
Nikki just wants to get the love of her life Jack, back from the Tunnels. The only way she can do that? Is getting the Everling who is in love with her, Cole, to help her reach the Tunnels. The problem? No one is ever known to actually have made it it to the Tunnels and lived to tell the tale. But Cole helps her through it all, through the three rings that make up the middle of the Everneath and into the Tunnels. There are trials and and things going on on the Surface that Nikki had to learn to balance without breaking relationships with her Father.
Cole, oh man, I admit things got to me. He was really sweet, loving and endearing, showing how much he really loved Nikki going through all of this. I was kinda going toward team Cole for a little while but through the flashbacks of Nikki and Jack it proves that their relationship is there to last.
I have NO idea where this book is going to go. There are so many unanswered things from the last thirty pages of the book! Why are people so different, what is going to happen after the HUGE twist at the end, who will get the happy ending? Can it be when ever the next book comes out now?
archivesgeek's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
puella_ignotum's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
theofficailpotterhead's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
This book was the book that got me into reading I found in my public library thought the cover was pretty and started reading it! After reading all 3 books it felt like this was a perfect book for me! This book is at a great pace and have great characters! I can honestly say one of the best I have read! This was also one of the first book that have gotten me so emotionally attached that I found not stop reading! Would recommend!
alittleillumination's review against another edition
1.0
The concept of this series reads like a quasi-scary dream the author had one night after binging on too much crappy TV and fritos. The main character is utterly colorless, as is her boyfriend, who's only memorable characteristic is his lip ring (or eyebrow ring, I can't seem to remember, it's pointless anyways). The other male character, the villain and sometimes love interest, is nonredeemable, despite the authors's attempts to make him redeemable.
In total, I was excited for this book because of the possibilities, but it completely let me down. Flat, two-dimensional characters can't be saved by a fantastical, holes-ridden plot, no matter how hard you try.
In total, I was excited for this book because of the possibilities, but it completely let me down. Flat, two-dimensional characters can't be saved by a fantastical, holes-ridden plot, no matter how hard you try.
valeriew's review against another edition
5.0
I really don't know why but I love this series! I love Cole. I know I shouldn't and seriously its so messed up how it ended! I can NOT believe he is that way. I'm probably holding onto an unrealistic hope but I hope things change.
roseice's review against another edition
1.0
Did I... read a different book than everyone else did? Or everyone who wanted to review, anyway? This book did nothing for me. I found it heavily cliched with superbly boring characters and wooden writing. Really, everything else aside, the main thing that bothered me was the writing. It was perfectly vanilla, nothing stood out, and I rolled my eyes at the word choice in narrative and dialogue at a constant rate. Ashton took the lazy route with almost every instance of description. Here's a winner: "He smelled like Jack, and I breathed in deeply" … oh… really. Thanks for that sensory stimulation, there. I couldn't feel anything from Nikki's as-basic-as-possible narrative, and I'll be honest, it irritated me. YA doesn't get a free pass to be lazy simply because it's YA, come now. Why do some many authors feel no inclination to edit and rewrite their stuff? Because it'll be popular anyway, as these glowing reviews prove. Because publishers want the next book asap. Hard work and pouring yourself into a book just isn't feasible.
(sigh) But Everbound was just deliberately bad. It felt deliberate. I read the first book in 2012, and there must have been a reason why I decided I'd read the next one, but I certainly can't recall it. Dialogue and narrative aside, Nikki drove me nuts as a character; she was a cardboard cut-out. I didn't think her drive to save Jack was noble and heroic; rather it appeared to me selfish and annoyingly irresponsible. I like my heroines with brains, and unfortunately you don't get much of that in YA. Her resolve at the end of the novel had me rolling my eyes again; of course she will accomplish her goal, since this is fiction, but I won't have the patience to see her reach it. With the power of love and vengeance, probably (this book is so cheesy). She vows to blow up a world, cripes, she's so hardcore, right. In theory, that is awesome. In this execution and poorly done characterisation… I'm just not buying it. What others may view as strength in Nikki's character, I just view as silliness, and it bugged me.
(sigh) But Everbound was just deliberately bad. It felt deliberate. I read the first book in 2012, and there must have been a reason why I decided I'd read the next one, but I certainly can't recall it. Dialogue and narrative aside, Nikki drove me nuts as a character; she was a cardboard cut-out. I didn't think her drive to save Jack was noble and heroic; rather it appeared to me selfish and annoyingly irresponsible. I like my heroines with brains, and unfortunately you don't get much of that in YA. Her resolve at the end of the novel had me rolling my eyes again; of course she will accomplish her goal, since this is fiction, but I won't have the patience to see her reach it. With the power of love and vengeance, probably (this book is so cheesy). She vows to blow up a world, cripes, she's so hardcore, right. In theory, that is awesome. In this execution and poorly done characterisation… I'm just not buying it. What others may view as strength in Nikki's character, I just view as silliness, and it bugged me.
afro8921's review against another edition
3.0
I loved this first book in this series. The second one-not so much. I feel like the main character can be a little bit gullible at times. I will probably read the final book. I'm hoping that she turns into a girl who kicks butt and takes number.